DISSOLUTIONS uses the principles of dissolution and evaporation to counter rampant capitalism and the solidification of power imbalances. As a result, the artists in the annual program do not present attempts at rescue, but rather demonstrate the decisive disintegration of existing conditions—as well as the afflictions, fantasies, and ideas of past and future times. This gives rise to changing constellations of installation, performance, video, and conversation; repetition and interruption determine the rhythm of the program. The first sequence of the annual program is a duo exhibition by Catherina Cramer and Johannes Büttner, whose expansive worlds move between the abysmal nature of neoliberal exploitation—which is especially evident due to current cultural policy austerity measures—and the imaginations of possible counterworlds. Since 2024, the exhibition venue’s archival material has been continuously recontextualized, revealing its own transience of use, sorting, and disorder—thus exposing apparent trivialities.
